80 FR 39961 - Safety Zone; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan Zone-Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club Evening on the Bay Fireworks

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 133 (July 13, 2015)

The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone on the waters of Sturgeon Bay in Sturgeon Bay, WI for the Evening on the Bay Fireworks. This zone will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. on August 8, 2015. This action is necessary and intended to ensure safety of life on navigable waters immediately prior to, during, and immediately after the fireworks display. During the aforementioned period, the Coast Guard will enforce restrictions upon, and control movement of, vessels in the safety zone. No person or vessel may enter the safety zone while it is being enforced without permission of the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or a designated representative.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 39961]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17125]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0530]
RIN 1625-AA00


Safety Zone; Annual Events Requiring Safety Zones in the Captain 
of the Port Lake Michigan Zone-Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club Evening on the 
Bay Fireworks

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone on the waters of 
Sturgeon Bay in Sturgeon Bay, WI for the Evening on the Bay Fireworks. 
This zone will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. on August 8, 
2015. This action is necessary and intended to ensure safety of life on 
navigable waters immediately prior to, during, and immediately after 
the fireworks display. During the aforementioned period, the Coast 
Guard will enforce restrictions upon, and control movement of, vessels 
in the safety zone. No person or vessel may enter the safety zone while 
it is being enforced without permission of the Captain of the Port Lake 
Michigan or a designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 165.929 will be enforced for safety 
zone (f)(5), Table 165.929, from 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. on August 
8, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
document, call or email MST1 Joseph McCollum, Prevention Department, 
Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI at (414) 747-7148, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Coast Guard will enforce the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club Evening on 
the Bay Fireworks safety zone listed as item (f)(5) in Table 165.929 of 
33 CFR 165.929. Section 165.929 lists many annual events requiring 
safety zones in the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan zone. This safety 
zone will encompass all waters of Sturgeon Bay within the arc of a 
circle with a 280-foot radius from the fireworks launch site located on 
a barge in approximate position 44[deg]49.310' N., 087[deg]21.370' W. 
(NAD 83). This zone will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. on 
August 8, 2015.
    All vessels must obtain permission from the Captain of the Port 
Lake Michigan or the on-scene representative to enter, move within, or 
exit the safety zone. Requests must be made in advance and approved by 
the Captain of the Port before transits will be authorized. Approvals 
will be granted on a case by case basis. Vessels and persons granted 
permission to enter the safety zone must obey all lawful orders or 
directions of the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or a designated 
representative.
    This document is issued under authority of 33 CFR 165.929, Safety 
Zones; Annual events requiring safety zones in the Captain of the Port 
Lake Michigan zone, and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this 
publication in the Federal Register, the Coast Guard will provide the 
maritime community with advance notification for the enforcement of 
this zone via Broadcast Notice to Mariners or Local Notice to Mariners. 
The Captain of the Port Lake Michigan or an on-scene representative may 
be contacted via Channel 16, VHF-FM.

    Dated: June 16, 2015.
A.B. Cocanour,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
[FR Doc. 2015-17125 Filed 7-10-15; 8:45 am]
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